Deb, you right. Kim is sometimes scary, how good she is. mark.....
From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [VFB] Just a note on threads Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:31:01 -0500
Steve
Actually if you watch Kim Boal close enough that is what she does. I
watched her spin one of them for a guy at Somerset. I'm not very good at
describing it but you just did a great job! She holds the thread and spins
the bobbin and when she lets go it spins the dubbing and she tightened by
moving her fingers up the thread. It becomes second nature when you demo it
all day so you have to really watch them closely. I was admiring how fast
she is at it. She's something to watch.
Regards,
Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Brettell Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VFB] Just a note on threads
My wife and I are spinners and weavers. We spin yarn for making knitted and
woven garments and accessories. We spin any fiber you can grab a handful
of.
Thread is spun with either a Z or S twist, which is to say either clockwise or counterclockwise. It doesn't matter which direction a single strand is spun, because the whole thread is then plied in the opposite way. This gives you a nice limp thread. Rolling it onto the spool, and off of the spool will also figure into which direction it appears that the thread is spun.
What this means to the person trying to unply (flatten and split) the
thread, is that you need to look at the thread you're using. It isn't
necessarilly the same for any two spools. Take a close look and then unspin
it. Spinning your bobbin counterclockwise may be putting more twist into
your individual thread.
After you've put the fibers into the split thread, spin it the opposite way
from what you did to unspin it. Pinch the thread under the fibers or
feathers or whatnot, and spin the bobbin. You'll be putting energy into the
thread, and when you release your pinched fingers, the energy will travel up
into the section with the fibers in it, and cause it to spin, locking in the
fibers. Take your fingers and then push the twist up a bit, and it will
tighten it even more.
You can put in too much twist and break the thread.
Steve, In Maryland http://stevebrettell.point2homes.biz
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